Update on IMSM
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. (Ernest Hemingway)
MS: the lies we tell ourselves
Schadenfreude must be MS's middle name because it seems to enjoy the trouble it is giving you by dragging other symptoms along in an orgy of severe fatigue, numbness, cognitive issues, neuropathic pain, and trigeminal neuralgia.
Chronically ill and single? Screw Valentine’s Day!
You don’t care about Valentine's Day because, seriously, you don’t have to go shopping to find sexy lingerie that’ll only cut off your air supply while wearing it. You also don’t care because you know that the only thing you can find in a chocolate box is a raised BMI.
MS: starting over again?
Changing neuropathical pain medicines: not as easy as it looks.
A harsh letter to my MS
MS, you really have no idea of the damage you created when you left me on the ruins of your castle. In fact, Sigmund Freud once said "Anatomy is destiny." It is as unpredictable as it is varied, and in need of its own psychoanalysis.
Life with MS… legs on fire!
I just didn't know, and frankly, I couldn't care less. A teardrop more or less wouldn't shake my world into either accepting or destroying neurodegeneration. Call me Waterloo so if you like. Neither the battle that took place when Napoleon Bonaparte lost face, nor the Eurovision ABBA song Waterloo could undo any hardship caused by the hands of MS. I've been told my dancing to ABBA tunes is rather epic though. My singing, not so much, so I gave up the dream of being a Eurovision song contest winner by age 6.
All about MS heat sensitivity, or Uhthoff’s Syndrome
If you're like me, or you or a loved one who has multiple sclerosis and doesn't know where to hide from warm temperatures, below posts may help you find an answer.
